Elon Musk on Tuesday renewed calls to defund NPR after a controversial video of its CEO questioning the importance of truth resurfaced online.
Fox Business reports footage of NPR CEO Katherine Maher from an August 2021 Ted Talk reappeared Tuesday on X, sparking new debate over the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s alleged bias, which has come under scrutiny in recent months.
In the 10-second clip, Maher questioned the role truth plays in the industry as the then-CEO of Wikimedia. She took over as CEO of NPR in March of this year.
“I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done,” Maher told the crowd.
Should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is a “distraction”? https://t.co/W79tcJJLxu
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 12, 2024
His dig is the latest in a monthslong feud with the broadcasting organization, with Maher at the helm.
Allegations of ideological bias in NPR’s newsroom were outlined in a scathing essay published in April by senior editor Uri Berliner, who has since left the organization.
Berliner detailed his concerns of bias toward his employer, revealing that the NPR Washington, D.C., newsroom held zero Republicans, compared to 87 Democrats.
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